Backdrops are now downloaded automatically when adding new movies with the Add Movies Automatically screen.

Use Update Movies Automatically to download Backdrops for your existing entries in batch.

Want a different or hi-res Backdrop? Use the Find Backdrop screen to get it.

"Backdrop" template is now one of the styles for the V8 template and the default style too. ( yes, we should have thought of that earlier :-) )

When showing Backdrops in the Details View, they will automatically "fit" to the width of the details panel (requires IE9 to be installed!)

New Search Setting to switch automatic Backdrop downloading On/Off

Fixed: Some backdrops didn't work because the Find Backdrop screen could result in invalid Backdrop filenames (if you encountered this, just use the fixed Find Backdrop screen to correct the problem entries).

Add/Update Automatically:

New settings to limit the number of Musician and Cinematography entries

Fixed:

Templates:

IMDb Rating is now always displayed with 2 digits ("7.0" instead of "7")

Removed the white border that was drawn around the Format, Region and Audience Rating images (border is now included *in* the images).

The IMDb fields no longer float to the right if the movie title is long.

The following fields will now be uploaded from your local data when up-syncing AND are now editable as "user fields" in Connect :

Format

Genres

Fixed: Several situations could cause unnecessary update actions

Upload your own cover images to Connect:

After syncing UP, you can now also upload the Cover Images for movies that don't have a cover image in Connect yet.

You can now also upload your own cover image on the Edit Movie page in Movie Collector Connect, using the Browse (or Choose File) and Upload buttons.

Syncing Down FROM Connect, improvements to prevent unwanted changes to local data:

Extra "Are you sure?" question before syncing down.

New layout of Sync screen, with a BIG Upload button and a small Download button.

Syncing down will never clear fields / make fields empty

Syncing down will never update or add to existing local data values, EXCEPT when the local field is still empty. For example: no Genres will be added to existing lists, Titles, Studios, Release Dates, Running Time, etc.. will not be overwritten.

For Personal fields (purchase data, notes, rating, etc...) full syncing will be maintained.

Syncing down will never un-link movies

Linking:

The question box "You have unlinked movies. Do you want to link them now?" how has a "Never ask for these movies again" checkbox.

Link Screen: When using "Search All" all exact ISBN matches are now linked automatically (and removed from the queue)

If you upload unlinked movies, Connect will try to auto-link them by barcode.

After linking, the program does not auto-update the linked movies anymore, preventing unexpected (and possibly unwanted) data additions to your local entries.

Browse your movie collection on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the new Clz Movies app

Available in Apple AppStore for $9.99 (search the AppStore for "clz movies")

Use File | Export to iPhone / iPod Touch to transfer your data to the Clz Movies app (Requires Wi-Fi connection on your iPhone or iPod Touch, connecting to the same local network (LAN) that your Windows computer is in.)

Movie Collector MCE viewer:

New Page Transitions: Rotate, Popup, Bounce, Back and Forth

Now supports the MCE built-in Parental Controls settings (US only, as it requires the use of US audience ratings G, PG-13, R, NC-17 and NR)

New "New Releases" tab page, showing the latest DVD and Blu-Ray releases, just select one (or more!) and click Add.

New "Most Popular" tab page, showing last week's most popular movies, including theatrical releases. Select and Add, no searching needed.

Improved Collectorz.com source:

Now delivers larger cover images (600px high instead of 400px)

Highly improved barcode coverage because the Collectorz.com server now uses Amazon "on the back-end" to get data and images for barcodes that are not recognized using its own database.

Now delivers more edition specific front covers, because in case the Collectorz.com database misses the front cover, it automatically gives you the cover available at Amazon.

Further improvements to the Region 1 barcode coverage because the server automatically uses hometheatherinfo.com's excellent Region 1 DVD List for barcodes that are not recognized using the Collectorz.com database or Amazon.